Cultivation System: Stronger with Age
Chapter 47 - 42: The World’s Number One Manluo Demon Pearl (Request for Follow-up Reads)_2

Chapter 47: Chapter 42: The World’s Number One Manluo Demon Pearl (Request for Follow-up Reads)_2

When the disciples saw how badly Steward Ma had been beaten, they were terrified and immediately fled a great distance. Ma Jiang’s status within the Sect was second only to a few Grand Chief Stewards, and he had close relationships with them, such as Gao Yunchao. If this lord were to kill them on the spot, it was likely no one would hold him accountable!

Lin Xuankong glanced at the haughty Steward Ma, cupped his hands, and said, "Thank you, Master!"

Then, he quickly walked into the courtyard. After several turns, he arrived at the storeroom door and looked down at the scattered bloodstains and some blood-stained Darts on the ground. He carefully inspected the surroundings. Seeing no one else around, he secretly activated the Manluo Demon Pearl, controlling the extending Manluo Demon Grass to wrap around a Flying Saber. When he sensed a reaction from the Demon Grass, he decisively retracted it and walked out of the courtyard.

Ma Jiang was somewhat surprised to see him emerge so quickly and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Lin Xuankong nodded. "I’ve got a few leads!"

Ma Jiang frowned and said, "Just do your best. Several thousand disciples in the Sect have already been mobilized. Even if we don’t catch them, others are searching. Those Flying Thieves definitely won’t get away!"

Lin Xuankong quietly sighed. His immediate superior is completely dedicated to the Sect... Unfortunately, even in the Yin Talisman Sect, filled with elites, there are probably very few people as devoted as Steward Ma. At the very least, I myself am far from being as selfless as Steward Ma!

As the two of them walked off into the distance, many disciples, who had been hiding at the gate, watched them go. Once Lin Xuankong and Ma Jiang were further away, a round-faced disciple hesitantly looked at Ma Rusong. "Steward Ma, someone broke into the storeroom. Do we need to report this to Steward Xua?"

Ma Rusong slapped him across the face. "Report my ass!"

The round-faced disciple clutched his face and dared not speak again.

Ma Rusong looked up at the retreating figures of Lin Xuankong and Ma Jiang, his face extremely grim. He gritted his teeth and said, "An old, poor wretch who became a steward by sheer luck now actually wants to compete with a scion of a noble family like Steward Zhao for the Silver Jade position? Are you f***ing serious? So what if Ma Jiang supports you, you pauper? Can he conjure up a Dragon Blood Dog for you? Truly overestimating yourself!"

When the disciples heard Ma Rusong call Steward Ma Jiang by his full name, they exchanged uneasy glances. However, upon seeing Ma Rusong’s expression, they could only nod in agreement.

Seeing their reactions, Ma Rusong’s eyes flickered, and he turned and entered the storeroom. Once he was in a place where no one else was present, his face twisted, filled with killing intent and venomous resentment. Ma Jiang, you old bastard! Old Lin! You two are so damn arrogant, so damn brazen, humiliating me, Ma Rusong, in public yet again! Humiliating me is tantamount to disrespecting Elder Hua of the Profound Phoenix Celestial Sect. Even Jiang Yuran has to show Elder Hua respect... Ma Jiang, you old bastard, and Old Lin, just you wait! I will repay these humiliations a hundredfold, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold!

「In a second-floor private room of a restaurant on Mule Street,」

The two Stewards, Xu Bei and Huang Yinrong, were each holding a wine cup, toasting Zhao Yufei.

Xu Bei spoke up, "The Dragon Blood Dog is the best among Exotic Beasts that Martial Cultivators can raise for tracking. With the Dragon Blood Dogs, the two Flying Thieves have absolutely no escape. When the Flying Thieves are caught, that will be when Steward Zhao is promoted to Silver Jade Steward!"

Nearby, Huang Yinrong added, "The ones currently searching for the Flying Thieves with the three Dragon Blood Dogs are capable and astute subordinates of ours. Steward Zhao doesn’t need to search personally!"

Zhao Yufei, who had been looking out the window, retracted her gaze and clinked her teacup with theirs. "I saw Steward Ma Jiang and Lin Xuankong investigating the storeroom earlier. It seems they found some clues... Although I don’t care about the monthly stipend of a Silver Jade Steward, it would still be quite vexing if someone else were to obtain the position."

Huang Yinrong was momentarily startled, then waved his hand dismissively. "One is a stubborn fool who only sees things his way, and the other is an old, dying wretch. What can those two possibly accomplish? Even if someone in our Yin Talisman Sect were to get incredibly lucky and find some clues about the Flying Thieves, it certainly wouldn’t be them! Besides, judging from what we saw earlier, Ma Jiang and Old Lin have thoroughly offended Ma Rusong. Soon enough, those two will have a bitter pill to swallow!"

Xu Bei chuckled beside him. "Junior Brother Huang is right. Although Ma Rusong is a good-for-nothing, even Chief Steward Jiang must show a degree of respect to the person backing him. Given how Ma Jiang and Lin Xuankong acted, forget the Silver Jade position; in a few days, whether they can even keep their current posts will depend on that important figure’s mood!"

"As for catching the Flying Thieves, what Exotic Beast in this world can compare to the Dragon Blood Dog’s tracking ability? Without the help of a Dragon Blood Dog, Ma Jiang and Lin Xuankong couldn’t possibly find such untraceable Flying Thieves, even if they wore out their iron shoes! So rest assured, Steward Zhao!"

Zhao Yufei frowned and said, "I hope so! Unfortunately, my three Dragon Blood Dogs haven’t been cultivated to a High Tier yet; otherwise, their tracking would be even more effective!

"But when Steward Xua mentioned tracking ability, there is actually one kind in the world far superior to the Dragon Blood Dog—immeasurably so!

"I read in my family’s secret records that in the Boundaryless Mountain, there is a Manluo Demon Mother that holds sway over ten thousand demons. The Demon Pearl it produces can devour other Demon Pearls and grow indefinitely!

"Even if that Manluo Demon Pearl hasn’t devoured any other Demon Pearls, the Demon Grass summoned by just an Initial Tier Demon Pearl can sense the qi blood of Martial Cultivators within a thousand zhang and can extend over a thousand zhang to bind them. That powerful sensing range is comparable to the mind probe of a peerless expert of the Grandmaster Realm!

"This Manluo Demon Pearl, with its myriad uses, is indisputably the world’s number one when it comes to even its most basic tracking ability!"

Hearing her words, Xu Bei immediately praised, "The Boundaryless Mountain is full of Great Demons; even experts like our Sect Leader wouldn’t dare to venture deep into it. I had no idea that one of Steward Zhao’s ancestors had actually entered the Boundaryless Mountain and learned about the various demons within!"

"Those are tales of the past! I’ve only read the ancestors’ records; I’ve never even seen what the Manluo Demon Grass looks like!" A trace of melancholy touched Zhao Yufei’s face.

Xu Bei smiled. "Regardless, Steward Zhao, you are exceptionally knowledgeable. People like Yinrong and myself have never even heard of the Manluo Demon Pearl! Besides, Demon Pearls are not things Martial Cultivators can easily encounter. Even in our Yin Talisman Sect, only the Sect Leader, Hall Master Xuu, and Hall Master Qiu each possess one. Among the thousands of Sect members, who else could own such an exceedingly rare item?"

Huang Yinrong nodded. "The Black Tiger Gang, Spirit Snake Gang, Guo Family, Feng Family, and Huang Family, all of whom dominate Great Marsh Prefecture, each possess merely two or three Demon Pearls! Take, for instance, the recent incident where Wang Qiluo was found to possess a Twin Vine Demon Pearl—didn’t that cause a massive uproar throughout the city?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yufei’s eyes flickered, a strange glint appearing in her cold, beautiful eyes. Unfortunately, the great battle at Guangju Pavilion that night destroyed all traces. Otherwise, I might have been able to use the Dragon Blood Dogs to track that Conical Hat Strange Guest. If I could obtain Wang Qiluo’s Twin Vine Demon Pearl from the Conical Hat Guest and give it to my father, the Zhao Family would surely prosper! My father, at the Late Stage of the Fifth Layer of Transcendence, possesses considerable strength, comparable to Hall Master Xuu... Yet, to this day, the Zhao Family remains a step below the Huang Family, Feng Family, and Guo Family. Even I had to join the Yin Talisman Sect so the Zhao Family could be affiliated with them! All of this is simply because the Demon Pearl passed down by our ancestors was stolen, leaving our family without that one Demon Pearl capable of granting a Martial Cultivator unparalleled combat power! Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but frown deeply.

Xu Bei and Huang Yinrong, oblivious to her thoughts, saw her frown and simply continued to reassure her that the Silver Jade Steward position was undoubtedly hers.

「At this moment, Lin Xuankong had already changed his outfit.」

He was now wearing coarse cloth clothes with a conical hat hanging on his back, walking quickly through the streets of Great Marsh Prefecture City. Every few hundred zhang, he would secretly activate the Manluo Demon Pearl...